Why Nobody Got Fat in 1970s America — Even Eating Junk Food

In nineteen seventy-four, the average American man weighed one hundred seventy-three pounds. Today that same man weighs one hundred ninety-nine. Twenty-six pounds heavier — same height, same country, one lifetime. Robert was forty-two in Cleveland. He ate eggs fried in butter, meat and potatoes, and fast food every Friday — and wore a size thirty-four waist until he was fifty. You eat less, try harder, and still weigh more than your father did. Something changed around you, and it was never your willpower. This is the documented story of what was done to the American food supply between nineteen seventy-seven and nineteen eighty-five — and why it was never your fault. TIMECODES 0:00 The Man Who Ate Worse 1:30 Robert of Cleveland 3:00 Why You Weigh More 4:30 The 1977 Report 6:00 The Corn Syrup Switch 7:30 The Fat They Took Away 9:30 The Chemical Nobody Announced 11:30 A Body That Moved All Day 13:30 The Villain, Named 15:30 It Was Never Your Fault 1970s america, why nobody was fat, 1970s diet, why men were leaner, american obesity, what changed american food, high fructose corn syrup, 1970s food, men over 50, vintage america, why your father was thin, processed food history, 1970s nostalgia, american weight gain, food industry truth, why we got fat, 1970s lifestyle, lean without dieting, metabolism modern food, baby boomer memories